Bavarian phonology

Consonants

	Bilabial	Labio- dental	Alveolar	Post- alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	m	ɱ	n		ɲ	ŋ
Stop	p b		t d		c ɟ	k ɡ	ʔ
Affricate	pɸ bβ	pf bv	ts dz	tʃ dʒ	cç ɟʝ	kx ɡɣ	ʔh
Fricative	ɸ β	f v	s z	ʃ ʒ	ç ʝ	x ɣ	h ɦ
Trill	ʙ		r
Approximant		ʋ	ɹ		j	ɰ
Lateral			l		ʎ	ʟ

Notes:

• The phoneme /h/ is frequently realised as [ç] or [x] word-internally and is realised as [h] word-initially.
• Intervocalic /s/ can be voiced to [z].
• Intervocalic /v/ or /w/ sound can be realised as [ʋ] or [β].
• Some dialects, such as the Bavarian dialect in South Tyrol, realise /k/ as an affricate [kx] word-initially and before /m, n, l, r/, which is an extension of the High German consonant shift to velar consonants.

Vowels

Vowel phonemes in parentheses occur only in diphthongs or are rare. Nasal vowels may also appear in some dialects.

	Front				Central		Back
	unrounded		rounded		unr.	rnd.
Close	ɪ	i	ʏ	y	ɨ	ʉ	ʊ	u
Close-mid	e		ø		ə		o
Open-mid	ɛ		œ		ɐ		ʌ	ɔ
Open	æ				a	ɶ	ɑ	ɒ

Bavarian has an extensive vowel inventory, like most Germanic languages. Vowels can be grouped as back rounded, front unrounded and front rounded. They are also traditionally distinguished by length or tenseness.

External links

• Bavarian language